Economic Freedom Fighter MP Sinawo Thambo. 1 minute The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it welcomes the cancellation of a meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance, following the party’s letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza. The party’s spokesperson, Sinawo Thambo, says a meeting, that was scheduled for the processing of…
Tax-related material on a desk. 1 minute The Umkhonto weSizwe party says the Western Cape High Court’s decision to suspend the VAT increase only addresses a symptom of a deeper crisis that includes aggressive austerity, restrictive monetary policies and a privatization agenda that the party says is being brutally imposed on South Africans. The MKP…
[FILE IMAGE] 2 minutes The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has welcomed a court order suspending the planned 0.5% Value Added Tax (VAT) increase that was set to take effect on 1 May 2025. The suspension comes after the Western Cape High Court set aside Parliament’s approval of the fiscal framework enabling the hike. SARS…
1 minute The re-opened inquest into the death of former African National Congress (ANC) President, Chief Albert Luthuli under way in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal. Live stream below:
uMkhonto weSizwe Party leader Jacob Zuma. 2 minutes UMkhonto Wesizwe Party leader Jacob Zuma has urged the community of Mamelodi outside Pretoria to mobilise ahead of next year’s local government elections to ensure a two-thirds majority for the party. Zuma was speaking at the party’s Freedom Day celebrations. The event, billed as a Solomon Mahlangu…
EFF President Julius Malema addressing the crowd at the EFF Freedom Day Rally 3 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema, says South Africa is run by illegitimate government leadership. Addressing scores of community members and party supporters at the Majwemasweu Sports Complex in Winnie Mandela for the party’s Freedom Day rally in…
1 minute EFF leader Julius Malema briefs the media following the Western Cape High Court order which suspended the 0.5 percent VAT increase and set aside the 2024 Fiscal Framework and the Revenue Proposals. LIVESTREAM:
View from the top of the “Chamber of Mines” building in the central business district of Johannesburg, Gauteng, November 15, 2017. 1 minute Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has asked for a full report from Infrastructure Development MEC Jacob Mamabolo following reports that the provincial government has been paying more than R30 million a month on…
MK Party Secretary General Floyd Shivambu speaking at a party event. 2 minutes UMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party secretary general Floyd Shivambu says South Africa should not be proudly celebrating Freedom Day while the majority of its citizens are without essential basic services. Shivambu has been addressing party members during a mini rally in Mdantsane, Eastern…
1 minute The uMkonto weSizwe Party leader, Jacob Zuma, is set to deliver the Solomon Mahlangu lecture today as the country observes Freedom Day. WATCH | Freedom Day: Jacob Zuma delivers the Solomon Mahlangu lecture
